Counterstrike Source - Worth Buying?

[davewhite04]

To the OP, if you don't mind getting shot a lot (as the game is full of vets now) then go for it, otherwise I would go for a more recent online shooter, where you'll get some players at your level and thus you won't throw the mouse out of the window.

 

[mrbios]

Don't do it, took me ****** ages to quit that addiction!

 

[shauncr91]

There are still PC gamers around who don't own CSS? 0_o

 

[Wynthorpe]

This is something im looking at getting also, but there are several different version to buy on Steam, which one should i go for?

 

[Gee]

This is something im looking at getting also, but there are several different version to buy on Steam, which one should i go for?

Counter Strike: Source £13.99 is the basic package so to speak.

You can pay extra for Day of Defeat: Source & HL2 Deathmatch - both of which are wicked games!

 

[Gee]

All servers are 66 tick now in css. Although weapons and stuff supposed to be 100 tick (something like that).

Source?

 

[Sin_Chase]

Worth buying, but the learning curve is pretty vertical. Definitely widely played.

Vertical? More like horizontal

 

[cplhardnut]

go for it ! there are a few beginner friendly servers you can join.

 

[shauncr91]

go for it ! there are a few beginner friendly servers you can join.

Normally full of people who've played for several years looking for easy frags

 

[seekdestroy]

Source?

here

That guy is from Hidden Path (the guys who are updating css).

Also,

Removed -tickrate command line option and defaulted tick rate to 66 rather than 33. This addressed a number of issues, including:
# Tick rate affecting how fast doors open / close
# Tick rate causing players hitting the ground to stutter
# Tick rate affecting the firing mechanisms of certain guns

 

[Viper²]

You can still enable 100 tick using an addon/mod. It isn't really advised though.

 

[Snooble]

No official CSS servers are 100tick so.. what's the point? Sure you can patch user end. But server's always gona discard extra packets.

 

[PatZ1989]

Lost 6 years to this damn game, KEEP AWAY!

 

[chrismscotland]

Loving CS:S although I prefer Day of Defeat Source it just reminds me of COD2 / 3 online which I loved!!!
Also very impressed that with a little overclocking my HP Mini 311 netbook runs CS:S and DOD:S really really well! Shame it won't run TF2!